Impact of Mindfulness through Smartphone Applications on the Anxiety among B.Sc. Nursing Students.

Smartphone addiction among undergraduate students has become a pressing concern due to its association with perceived stress levels and negative impacts on their well-being and academic performance. Quasi-experimental design with nonequivalent control group samples was 100 students. Mindfulness training by using the smartphone application in four meetings for four weeks, whereas the control group was given mindfulness training after the study in the eight weeks.

Effectiveness of Hands-On Training Regarding Basic Life Support (BLS) on Knowledge Among Saveetha College of Arts and Science Final Year Students.

Background: Cardiac disorders are major global death causes, necessitating emergency measures in sudden cardiac arrests. Successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, performed by medical team members, significantly reduces death rates from cardiac arrest, a growing concern across all age groups.

Aim: The study evaluates the impact of hands-on basic life support (BLS) training program on final-year students' knowledge of BLS.

Impact of Music Therapy on Pain, Stress, and Physiological Parameters Among Postoperative Patients.

Introduction: Post-surgery acute pain is often uncontrolled, causing significant harm to patients, despite improvements in pain management. Music therapy can help to reduce physiological and psychological stress, making it a valuable tool for stress and pain Alleviation.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy on pain, stress, and physiological parameters among postoperative patients.

A comparative thermo-chemical characterization of oilseed, millet and pulse stem biomass for bioethanol production.

Various thermochemical and biochemical processes are resorted to transform agri-wastes into diverse green fuels. Current investigation encompassed three different types of biomass gingelly, kodo millet and horse grams, whose desirability as biofuel feedstock have been largely unexplored till date. The existence of significant amount of cellulose (38.

A Comprehensive Molecular, Biochemical, Histochemical, and Spectroscopic Characterization of Early and Medium Duration Rice Genotypes Investigating Dry Matter Accumulation Efficiencies.

Investigation on accumulation of cell wall components over critical growth stages will surely provide a new insight into dry matter accumulation studies in rice. An elevated biomass production provides an alternative strategy of yield improvement, which in turn maneuvers the species concerned as potential dual-purpose crop. On that note, present study was carried on 33 early and 39 medium duration rice genotypes.

Synergistic cobalt oxide/reduced graphene oxide/biochar nano-composite catalyst: harnessing the power of the catalyst for sustainable remediation of organic dyes and chromium(vi).

The exponential growth of industrial activities has led to a significant rise in the release of organic effluents, containing hazardous heavy metals and dyes, into the environment. These pollutants exhibit resistance to conventional biodegradation processes and are associated with carcinogenic properties, posing a severe threat to living organisms. In this context, the present research endeavours to address this environmental challenge through the development of an affordable and efficient photocatalyst, the CoO/reduced graphene oxide/biochar (CBG-10) heterostructure.

Nitrogen substitution induced lattice contraction in nickel nanoparticles for electrochemical hydrogen evolution from simulated seawater.

Herein, we demonstrate a facile method for the introduction of nitrogen in the lattices of nickel nanoparticles to form NiN ( = 0.13, 0.20, 0.

Synthesis and characterization of poly(lactic acid)/clove essential oil/alkali-treated halloysite nanotubes composite films for food packaging applications.

In this study, nanocomposites of polylactic acid (PLA) with clove essential oil (CEO) and alkali treated halloysite nanotubes (NHNT) as fillers were synthesized by using simple solvent casting method. The treatment of halloysite nanotubes with NaOH increased the surface area from 50.16 m⋅g to 57.

Classification of Transgenic Mice by Retinal Imaging Using SVMS.

Alzheimer's disease is the neuro disorder which characterized by means of Amyloid-  (A  ) in brain. However, accurate detection of this disease is a challenging task since the pathological issues of brain are complex in identification. In this paper, the changes associated with the retinal imaging for Alzheimer's disease are classified into two classes such as wild-type (WT) and transgenic mice model (TMM).

Site dependent catalytic water dissociation on an anisotropic buckled black phosphorus surface.

Black phosphorus (BP) is unique among 2D materials due to its anisotropic puckered structure. It has been used as a multifunctional catalyst for various purposes. In this study, we performed first principles molecular dynamics simulations to understand the water-splitting reaction on a bi-layer BP surface.

Amphiphilicity of Intricate Layered Graphene/g-CN Nanosheets.

The hybrid heterostructure of the tri--triazine form of graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN), a stable two-dimensional material, results from intricate layer formation with graphene. In this material, g-CN, an amphiphilic material, stabilizes Pickering emulsions as an emulsifier and can effectively disperse graphene. Due to the various technological applications of the hybrid nanosheets in an aqueous environment, it is essential to study the interaction of water molecules with graphene and g-CN (Gr/g-CN)-combined heterostructure.

The Convalescent Plasma Craze! Where Does India Stand?

India becomes the country with second highest number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases (59,03,932) as of September 2020. As the world debates various treatment options, the current pandemic has led to the resurgence of an ancient technique, namely convalescent plasma therapy. Although it has been in use from the late 19th century, it is an uncharted territory for most developing nations.

Prevalance of Anti-HLA antibodies in parous female blood donors: A pilot study from tertiary care hospital of North India.

Background: Various studies have implicated that plasma causing transfusion-related acute lung injury is from alloimmunized females. The frequency of sensitization to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) was found to correlate with their parity score. No literature on the prevalence of anti-HLA antibodies in Indian blood donors is available to date.

Aqueous Affinity and Interfacial Dynamics of Anisotropic Buckled Black Phosphorous.

The structure of black phosphorous (BP) is similar to the honeycomb arrangement of graphene, but the layered BP is found to be buckled and highly anisotropic. The buckled surface structure affects interfacial molecule mobility and plays a vital role in various nanomaterial applications. The BP is also known for wettability, droplet formation, stability, and hydrophobicity in the aqueous environment.

Comparative first principles-based molecular dynamics study of catalytic mechanism and reaction energetics of water oxidation reaction on 2D-surface.

The study of the water-splitting process, which can proceed in 2e as well as 4e pathway, reveals that the process is entirely an uphill process, and the third step, that is, the oxooxo bond formation is the rate-determining step. The kinetic barrier of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on the 2D material catalysts in the presence of explicit solvents is scarcely studied. Here, we investigate the dynamics of the OER on the undoped graphene and the activation energy barrier of each step using first principles molecular dynamics simulations.

Insignificant Effect of Temperature on the Structure and Angular Jumps of Water near a Hydrophobic Cation.

The ambiguity in the behavior of water molecules around hydrophobic solutes is a matter of interest for many studies. Motivated by the earlier results on the dynamics of water molecules around tetramethylammonium (TMA) cation, we present the effect of temperature on the structure and angular jumps of water due to hydrophobicity using first principles molecular dynamics simulations. The average intermolecular distance between the central oxygen and four nearest neighbors is found to be the highest for water molecules in the solvation shell of TMA at 400 K, followed by the same at 330 K.

Effects of Doped N, B, P, and S Atoms on Graphene toward Oxygen Evolution Reactions.

Molecular oxygen and hydrogen can be obtained from the water-splitting process through the electrolysis technique. However, harnessing energy is very challenging in this way due to the involvement of the 4e reaction pathway, which is associated with a substantial amount of reaction barrier. After the report of the first N-doped graphene acting as an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst, the scientific community set out on exploring more reliable doping materials, better material engineering techniques, and developing computational models to explain the interfacial reactions.

Proton transfer from water to aromatic N-heterocyclic anions from DFT-MD simulations.

The phenomenon of proton transfer from water to six N-heterocyclic anions and free energy landscapes of this process are studied using both electronic structure calculations and first principles molecular metadynamics simulations. Our investigation involves microhydrated and aqueous phase interaction of water with six aromatic heterocyclic anions relevant to chemistry and biology: imidazolide, pyrrolide, benzimidazolide, 2-cyanopyrrolide, indolide, and indazolide. The basic structures of all these heterocyclic anions differ by substituted functional groups as well as fused rings.

Thermophysical Properties and Angular Jump Dynamics of Water: A Comparative DFT and DFT-Dispersion-Based Molecular Dynamics Study.

We present the first-principles molecular dynamics simulations of water molecules using two different levels of density functional theory within the Kohn-Sham scheme, namely, Becke-Lee-Yang-Parr (BLYP) and Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) with dispersion corrections such as D2 as well as D3 versions of Grimme dispersion correction and dispersion-corrected atom-centered potential. Our aim is to provide a comparative study of these functionals in explaining the thermophysical and structural properties along with nondiffusive jump dynamics of water molecules concerning the experimental data. The hydrogen bonding phenomenon is dependent on polarity, bonding, as well as nonbonding interactions, which requires thorough parametrization.

Dynamics and Spectral Response of Water Molecules around Tetramethylammonium Cation.

Till now, there has been ambiguity about the structural heterogeneity inside a solute solvation shell and the dynamical response of the surrounding solvent molecules. To address the dynamics and spectral response of solvent molecules, we performed first-principles molecular dynamics simulations for the comprehensive study of water's hydroxyl stretch frequency evolution due to environmental variations (also called "spectral diffusion") in the vicinity of a hydrophobe, tetramethylammonium (TMA) cation. The N-O radial distribution function (RDF), spatial distribution function (SDF), and combined distribution function (CDF) were calculated to provide information about the arrangement of water molecules around TMA.

Protective effect of ferulic acid and resveratrol against alloxan-induced diabetes in mice.

The present study was to investigate the effect of ferulic acid and resveratrol on alloxan-induced diabetic mice, through analysis of basic biochemical parameters, enzymic as well as non-enzymic activities, lipid peroxidation and immunohistochemical studies. Alloxan was administered as a single dose (75 mg/kg body weight) to induce diabetes in mice. A dose of ferulic acid (10 mg/kg body weight) and resveratrol (20 mg/kg body weight) were administrated orally, to the alloxan-induced diabetic mice.